Where does “махровый” come from?

махровый (Russian) comes from Russian -о́вый, from Old East Slavic -овъ, from Proto-Slavic -ovъ — of, belonging to.

махровый (Russian): terry cloth; double; inveterate, double-dyed

Definitions

  1. terry cloth; double; inveterate, double-dyed

Ancestry of “махровый”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian-о́выйused to form adjectives from nouns, often
2Old East Slavic-овъ—
3Proto-Slavic-ovъof, belonging to
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ovъ →Every word from Russian -о́вый →Every word from Old East Slavic -овъ →